Storage & Grid · Massachusetts

Massachusetts Storage & Grid jobs: 5,446 employed (2024)

As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Massachusetts employs 5,446 people in the storage & grid sector — about 5.5% of the U.S. total. That makes Massachusetts the 4th-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.

Storage & Grid Jobs in Massachusetts (2024)

5,446 Rank #4 of 51

National share: 5.53% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.

Typical Median Wage

$90,047
Sector-wide BLS OES median across 3 tracked occupations.

1. Employment Landscape

Massachusetts ranks 4th out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 5,446 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 4,395 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 13,863 storage & grid workers.

1.1 Massachusetts’s position vs. the top 10 and median states

1st · California
19,309
4. Massachusetts
5,446
25th · Alabama
1,051
51st · Delaware
86

1.2 Share of U.S. total

The storage & grid sector nationwide employs roughly 98,434 workers; Massachusetts accounts for 5,446 of them.

1.3 Where Massachusetts sits in its own mix

Sector Jobs (2024) National rank
Energy Efficiency 86,920 #6
Solar 16,827 #4
Electric Vehicles 5,533 #6
Storage & Grid 5,446 #4
Wind 2,816 #13
Hydropower 1,630 #9
Nuclear 919 #23
Clean Fuels 599 #8

1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Massachusetts

Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Massachusetts in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.

Transmission, distribution, and storage total
23,415
Traditional transmission and distribution
14,117
Storage
5,446
Other (including commodity flows)
1,890
Micro grid
1,108
Smart grid
671
Other grid modernization
184

2. Pay & Career Roles in Massachusetts

Massachusetts contributes 5.53% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Massachusetts’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 4.5% of total clean-energy jobs (5,446 of 120,689 workers).

Cost-of-living in Massachusetts is roughly 10.4% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Massachusetts is shown alongside the national BLS figure.

RoleNational medianMassachusetts-adjustedJob Zone
Electrical Engineer $107,890 $119,111 4
Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse $95,270 $105,178 3
Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial $66,980 $73,946 3

See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →

4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix

Massachusetts employers rate 20.4% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 27.6% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 47.9% of Massachusetts’s clean-energy roles see some level of hiring friction.

4.1 Employer hiring difficulty

Did not hire
45.4%
Somewhat difficult hiring
27.6%
Very difficult hiring
20.4%
Not at all difficult hiring
6.7%

4.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group

Industry (NAICS group)Jobs (2024)
Construction 48,798
Professional Services 47,573
Trade 30,832
Other Services 21,762
Manufacturing 15,295
Utilities 13,735
Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows 929
Mining and Extraction 51
Agriculture and Forestry 32

Frequently Asked Questions

How many storage & grid jobs are there in Massachusetts?
As of 2024, Massachusetts has approximately 5,446 storage & grid jobs — ranked 4th nationally.
What do these jobs pay?
Median wages across the tracked storage & grid occupations range from $66,980 to $107,890 according to BLS OES.
Is Massachusetts a good place to take one of these jobs?
Massachusetts is currently in line with national norms. Cost-of-living runs 10.4% above the U.S. average, which raises or lowers real take-home on a BLS national median by a similar amount.

Data source: U.S. Department of Energy — 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report (reflecting 2024 employment); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics; O*NET Occupation Database 29.1.

Last updated: April 2026.